Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025

[Lucy.D]

I'd just really like to see the grandparents continue to open the farm up to visitors and a fresh set of eyes and thoughts might just come up with something that will bring a closure to this tragedy.
I wouldn't be wandering around at night any longer on the property but a good thorough search, even if it's over the same ground and inspecting the same structures, may come up with something.
Although, before multiple car tyres came along and probably covered everything over, I'd have liked to have seen if there were any footprints of Gus's on the dirt tracks heading out to the road.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I'd just really like to see the grandparents continue to open the farm up to visitors and a fresh set of eyes and thoughts might just come up with something that will bring a closure to this tragedy.

Depending on the direction of the police investigation, LE may not want more people tramping across what may be turning into a crime scene.

 

[kurtneverdied]

'We're still looking for him,' she insisted, while declining any offers of assistance in the search effort.

'You can't help. We are still dealing with this.'

Source: Missing boy Gus' grandparents break their silence: 'Clashes'

So much strong opinion now formed over so little words. Controlling, and it seems feelings come first over finding Gus. All along, family wants privacy, privacy, privacy. Why?..

This is all IMO and I'm not worrying about 'feelings' and 'privacy' over the recovery of poor Gus.

 

[tedtink]

'We're still looking for him,' she insisted, while declining any offers of assistance in the search effort.

'You can't help. We are still dealing with this.'

Source: Missing boy Gus' grandparents break their silence: 'Clashes'

So much strong opinion now formed over so little words. Controlling, and it seems feelings come first over finding Gus. All along, family wants privacy, privacy, privacy. Why?..

This is all IMO and I'm not worrying about 'feelings' and 'privacy' over the recovery of poor Gus.

Privacy...why? Why not.
Because I'd imagine they are already destroyed by Gus's disappearance, without all the social media circus of speculation,false theories circulating.
People deal with things in different ways - So be it.

 

[zagadka]

'We're still looking for him,' she insisted, while declining any offers of assistance in the search effort.

'You can't help. We are still dealing with this.'

Source: Missing boy Gus' grandparents break their silence: 'Clashes'

I wonder how accurate those quotes are

There is no way that anyone would turn down help if they wanted to find someone

 

[BreakingNews]

Oak Park Station belonged to Shannon's family. There is a little bit of history about for that property if you know where to look.

Josh is an outback boy as well and also lives on a property at Belalia North.

Gus’ father Joshua Lamont lives at a property about 100km away in Belalia North.

‘Still looking’: Missing 4yo Gus’ shattered family speak out

The family of August ‘Gus’ Lamont has spoken publicly for the first time since police called off a massive search for the missing four-year-old.

thenightly.com.au

Ms Thomas, who had grown up at Parnaroo Station nearby the Lamonts

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I'm really not sure what different dangers there would be compared to Jess's and Josh's property. As most outback properties within that area are the same. Given they mentioned clashes specifically with Josie, maybe Josh thought that was a danger psychologically wise to his children. Unfortunately not all people have the same views towards LGBTQ. JMO

The Daily Mail has been told that Josh and Jess remain a couple but he does not live on the station because of clashes with Josie.

'Josh doesn't think it's safe for the kids to be out there, it's dangerous,' a family friend revealed

 

[tedtink]

I wonder how accurate those quotes are

There is no way that anyone would turn down help if they wanted to find someone

Help from the Daily Mail?
What could they do to help, I wonder?

 

[Itz_CrimsonYT]

Here's a thought...
What if he thought to play hide and seek with the family without them knowing, and basically running away and hiding from anyone they see. There is plenty of stuff to hide in/around in the area.

It's similar to getting lost in a mall, there are plenty of places to hide and run around, like in clothing hangers, changing rooms, restaurants, bathrooms, etc.

If we suppose that Gus is on the property and alive, he might be constantly moving about the area. So police could've checked an area that Gus was at 5 minutes prior.

The only issue is he would eventually get hungry or thirsty if he's been in the area for so long...

I don't think that foul play is off the table as of now. It certainly is possible. But there are so many loose ends that it feels nearly impossible to get a clear answer.

 

[ameliak]

Wow.

So he probably had no friends and had no contact at all with other children. What would the plan have been for when he reached school age? I know many Australian kids from very rural backgrounds attend state boarding schools, but from what age?

@Thoughtful123 and @MelmothTheLost I'm replying to you both, in case no-one else has. I took the statement as meaning he's never left the property on his own.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

If he ran out into the desert and became "lost," and unfortunately perished, what is the likelihood his body would have become completely covered in bushes or sand, not visible to drones, etc.?

Does anyone have a sense of very unlikely, possible, or actually quite likely? Just how fast does the terrain change that significantly?

I don't see this being some kind of family cover-up. JMO.

 

[Marg944]

Pretty sure the dogs are kelpies…..

Missing boy Gus' grandparents break their silence: 'Clashes'

The little boy vanished almost two weeks ago after playing in the yard of remote Oak Park homestead in the harsh South Australian outback, 300km north of Adelaide.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Roroho]

Sorry, but why is it so important the dog’s breed? Seems to be a reoccurring topic here.

They’re likely working dogs, yes, and often they are kept in kennels, but not always. Often dogs bark, but not always, especially if they were familiar with workers coming and going. Unfortunately, I don’t think digging into the dogs further will help provide clarity. Just my opinion!

 

[tedtink]

Sorry, but why is it so important the dog’s breed? Seems to be a reoccurring topic here.

They’re likely working dogs, yes, and often they are kept in kennels, but not always. Often dogs bark, but not always, especially if they were familiar with workers coming and going. Unfortunately, I don’t think digging into the dogs further will help provide clarity. Just my opinion!

Because they’re not retrievers.

 

[essareem]

Gus's 'furious' dad is seen for the first time after son disappeared

The little boy vanished almost two weeks ago after playing in the yard of remote Oak Park homestead in the harsh South Australian outback, 300km north of Adelaide .

www.dailymail.co.uk

The father of missing four-year-old August 'Gus' Lamont has been seen publicly for the first time since the toddler disappeared in the South Australian outback.
...
A source close to the devastated father said he is furious that his little boy went missing from Oak Park.

So sad.

 

[tedtink]

Help looking for their grandson/son. They don't want it, according to her. Who wouldn't want help!? They could have thousands of people out there right now looking if they wanted.
They say they don't want help and are dealing with it. Don't sound too tired. Instead of embracing the community support they have chosen to shun it completely and the privacy line is if course working because of people like you who won't question it, because it's the right thing to do, rather than question that none of 3 female adults in that household have asked for zero help and it's taken this many days to actually hear from one.

But that's not what JM said, so, respectfully, no amount of misinterpreting her words will mean she said they 'don't want help'.

JM said .....

"But Gus's grandparent, Josie Murray .............- told the Daily Mail the family had not lost hope"

'We're still looking for him,' she insisted, while declining any offers of assistance in the search effort.

'You can't help. We are still dealing with this.'

IMO They don't want the DM's help - That much is explicit.

 

[Zedx]

Help looking for their grandson/son. They don't want it, according to her. Who wouldn't want help!? They could have thousands of people out there right now looking if they wanted.
They say they don't want help and are dealing with it. Don't sound too tired. Instead of embracing the community support they have chosen to shun it completely and the privacy line is if course working because of people like you who won't question it, because it's the right thing to do, rather than question that none of 3 female adults in that household have asked for zero help and it's taken this many days to actually hear from one.

The family seem to be fine with the current organized searches going on. What I believe she means is they do not want hundreds of 'random people' turning up on their property to help unsupervised, that would be a disaster.

 

[Tricia]

Locking thread for now. Needs a lot of clean up

 

[Sillybilly]

Thread is open again.

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[statt#1]

I've seen the report(s) of one footprint, yet the young lad is reported to have been playing in sand. It's hard for me to fathom there's no other evidence of his traipsing about the property, to the point where he was last seen playing, or away from it.

On another note.....It could possibly be that Gus is rather close by.....

The case of Harley Dilly comes to mind, a tragic case where the young boy was eventually found in a chimney. No odor was present in the home when it was previously searched, in fact, it appears a searcher actually picked up his jacket and hung it on the door, a jacket Harley had pushed through the stove pipe opening. So, the searcher was simply on the other side of the wall, and still didn't know Harley was in the chimney.

BCI releases photos, final report on the recovery of Harley Dilly

Investigators say the 14-year-old Port Clinton boy was found standing on the floor of the chimney on the second floor of the home.

www.wtol.com

 

[katydid23]

Sorry, but why is it so important the dog’s breed? Seems to be a reoccurring topic here.

They’re likely working dogs, yes, and often they are kept in kennels, but not always. Often dogs bark, but not always, especially if they were familiar with workers coming and going. Unfortunately, I don’t think digging into the dogs further will help provide clarity. Just my opinion!

I am really interested in the family dogs because I am trying to figure out what was happening at 5 to 5:30 pm, while Gus was outside playing.

My daughter has two Aus cattle dogs, which I take care of on many weekends. When my granddaughter is in the yard, the 2 dogs are always at her side when possible. If she began to wander off, I am convinced they would follow her or come get me and begin barking and trying to notify me that she took off.

That's why I was wondering about the dogs. Was grandpa out with the sheep and the dogs were there too? Or was grandpa at home, inside the house? I am curious about where the dogs were because 'herding type' working dogs usually herd children as well, as they take on the responsibility themselves. IMO